Unsalted butter, 8 pieces of selected fruit, 4 tablespoons of brown sugar and 8 star anise. Arranged cut fruit halves on a lightly buttered baking tray. Sprinkle with brown sugar and add star anise to top of each half (if preferred use cinnamon) Roast in 200C oven until sugar has melted and fruit warmed (15 to 20 mins). Cool and serve with ice cream, cream, creme fraiche, … Read more »
https://thetriangle.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/stonefruit.png400400Darryl Butlerhttps://thetriangle.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/masthead-orange.svgDarryl Butler2020-12-09 15:59:462020-12-10 19:58:12Roasted Stone Fruit and Figs
Smells of river mud and ripening fruit, sounds of summer bordered by cicada drumming. This is the setting of two continents close to my heart; Australia and India – a brother-in-law’s eggplant curry and my long dead mother’s special biscuit recipe.
2 tbsp oil/ghee ½ tsp black mustard and cumin seeds ½ tsp cumin seeds 1 tbsp grated ginger root 1 diced onion (optional) 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground cumin ½ tsp … Read more »
½ cup butter ¼ cup sugar 1 egg grated rind of one lemon and one orange vanilla extract 1 cup ‘dry’ stewed plums/rhubarb (very lightly cooked without much liquid) 1-1 ½ cups of sifted plain flour 1 tbsp lemon juice ½-1 cup finely chopped almonds (enough to coat the biscuits)
Separate egg and keep both yolk and white. Cream butter and sugar. Stir in the egg yolk, grated rind, a few drops of vanilla and … Read more »
Something easy, no fuss, no cooking for the season’s gathering of friends and family? Or just a celebration of summer? How about prawns with mango salsa? Choose Australian cooked king prawns or, if you’re lucky, buy local school prawns from a roadside van. They’re a bit fiddly to prepare but well worth the effort with the reward of sweet little morsels. Even better still, try catching them yourself with friends, flashlights, nets and buckets on a moonless night in summer. Ask a local for … Read more »
I used to call this ‘Jewel Fruit Cake’. But we were discussing Christmas recipes at a Triangle meeting and Niki Hutteman said, ‘Oh, that was a favourite with our family. We called it “Stained Glass Window Cake”.’ I was quite taken with the name. It’s because of the glacé cherries. It’s mostly nuts and fruit and has very little flour, so it’s very easy to substitute gluten-free flour in this recipe. No-one will know the difference.
250g whole brazil nuts 250g walnut halves … Read more »
1.5 litre Cranberry Classic 400 ml vodka 150 ml sugar syrup * 75 ml fresh lemon juice 100 ml cranberry concentrate (optional)
This awesome Christmas drink is delicious and very festive. Being a granita, it is cold and icy and holiday red in colour. Use a wide mouthed container as you’ll need to be able to scoop it out with a spoon once frozen. Place all the ingredients in a container and … Read more »
Roasted Stone Fruit and Figs
/in Desserts, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerUnsalted butter, 8 pieces of selected fruit, 4 tablespoons of brown sugar and 8 star anise.
Arranged cut fruit halves on a lightly buttered baking tray.
Sprinkle with brown sugar and add star anise to top of each half (if preferred use cinnamon)
Roast in 200C oven until sugar has melted and fruit warmed (15 to 20 mins).
Cool and serve with ice cream, cream, creme fraiche, … Read more »
Eggplant Curry
/in Mains, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerMargaret Goddard
Smells of river mud and ripening fruit, sounds of summer bordered by cicada drumming. This is the setting of two continents close to my heart; Australia and India – a brother-in-law’s eggplant curry and my long dead mother’s special biscuit recipe.
2 tbsp oil/ghee
½ tsp black mustard and cumin seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp grated ginger root
1 diced onion (optional)
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp … Read more »
Murray River Brétles
/in Desserts, Recipes /by Darryl Butler½ cup butter
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
grated rind of one lemon and one orange
vanilla extract
1 cup ‘dry’ stewed plums/rhubarb (very lightly cooked without much liquid)
1-1 ½ cups of sifted plain flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
½-1 cup finely chopped almonds (enough to coat the biscuits)
Separate egg and keep both yolk and white.
Cream butter and sugar.
Stir in the egg yolk, grated rind, a few drops of vanilla and … Read more »
Prawns with Mango Salsa
/in Preserves, Recipes, Starters /by Darryl ButlerSomething easy, no fuss, no cooking for the season’s gathering of friends and family? Or just a celebration of summer? How about prawns with mango salsa? Choose Australian cooked king prawns or, if you’re lucky, buy local school prawns from a roadside van. They’re a bit fiddly to prepare but well worth the effort with the reward of sweet little morsels.
Even better still, try catching them yourself with friends, flashlights, nets and buckets on a moonless night in summer. Ask a local for … Read more »
Stained Glass Window Cake
/in Desserts, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerI used to call this ‘Jewel Fruit Cake’. But we were discussing Christmas recipes at a Triangle meeting and Niki Hutteman said, ‘Oh, that was a favourite with our family. We called it “Stained Glass Window Cake”.’ I was quite taken with the name. It’s because of the glacé cherries.
It’s mostly nuts and fruit and has very little flour, so it’s very easy to substitute gluten-free flour in this recipe. No-one will know the difference.
250g whole brazil nuts … Read more »
250g walnut halves
Cranberry Slush
/in Drinks, Recipes /by Darryl ButlerBhagya
1.5 litre Cranberry Classic
400 ml vodka
150 ml sugar syrup *
75 ml fresh lemon juice
100 ml cranberry concentrate (optional)
This awesome Christmas drink is delicious and very festive. Being a granita, it is cold and icy and holiday red in colour. Use a wide mouthed container as you’ll need to be able to scoop it out with a spoon once frozen.
Place all the ingredients in a container and … Read more »